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Check out art that's created specifically for the web on artport—the Whitney's gallery space for commissions of net art.


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  • Young girl gauges a boy's flexed arm while bold red text reads "We don't need another hero."
    Young girl gauges a boy's flexed arm while bold red text reads "We don't need another hero."

    Barbara Kruger, Untitled (We Don't Need Another Hero), 1987. Screenprint on vinyl, overall: 108 7/8 × 209 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (276.5 × 531.3 × 6.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2012.180. © Barbara Kruger
    Courtesy, Mary Boone Gallery, New York

  • A pixilated purple-tinted scene of five wolves standing on a low hill in a wooded area
    A pixilated purple-tinted scene of five wolves standing on a low hill in a wooded area

    Alan Michelson, Wolf Nation, 2018. Video, color, sound, 9:59 min., aspect Ratio: 4.014. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director’s Discretionary Fund 2019.327. © Alan Michelson
    Laura Ortman, sound

  • A Black man wearing a black beret, suit jacket, and slacks sits in a peacock chair. The back of his chair is various shades of grey and features glimpses of newspaper clippings throughout. He holds a spear in his left hand and a rifle in the other. The floor is rust colored with an irregularly shaped zebra print rug. The wall behind him is off-white with rust colored intersecting lines.
    A Black man wearing a black beret, suit jacket, and slacks sits in a peacock chair. The back of his chair is various shades of grey and features glimpses of newspaper clippings throughout. He holds a spear in his left hand and a rifle in the other. The floor is rust colored with an irregularly shaped zebra print rug. The wall behind him is off-white with rust colored intersecting lines.

    Henry Taylor, Huey Newton, 2007. Acrylic and collaged photocopies on canvas, overall: 94 9/16 × 76 1/4 in. (240.2 × 193.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg in honor of Adam D. Weinberg 2016.86. © Henry Taylor

  • Wonder Woman stands with eyes closed as bright sparks burst from her hands.
    Wonder Woman stands with eyes closed as bright sparks burst from her hands.

    Dara Birnbaum, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, 1978–79. Video, color, sound, 5:50 min., looped, aspect Ratio: 4:3. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2009.22. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

  • Painted with angular lines and emotionless faces, three suited men gaze over two open caskets, with a courthouse in the background
    Painted with angular lines and emotionless faces, three suited men gaze over two open caskets, with a courthouse in the background

    Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1931–1932. Tempera on canvas mounted on composition board, overall: 84 × 48 in. (213.4 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Edith and Milton Lowenthal in memory of Juliana Force 49.22. © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A thin green triangular strip runs horizontally near the top of a large white canvas.
    A thin green triangular strip runs horizontally near the top of a large white canvas.

    Carmen Herrera, Blanco y Verde, 1959. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 68 1/8 × 60 1/2 in. (173 × 153.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2014.63. © Carmen Herrera; courtesy Lisson Gallery, London

    2016:
    © Carmen Herrera

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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